Unless you found him in the kitchen....

That's why I only hunt MLD... Ain't got time for that...

Did you use a vehicle to bring deer in after dark?

I always tag my deer asap before I even load it. Few years ago I started having to wear readers. Shot a deer one evening and went to tag it, couldn't read the tag and had left my glasses at camp. So I loaded deer, drove half mile across lease to camp and tagged it there. [censored] happens sometimes. I would have been ok with a warning had GW showed up or been waiting at camp, but I'd have been a little pissed if he had attitude about it.

Grandson found buck and loaded him onto tailgate of truck. I was waiting at cabin. Soon as truck showed up with deer, I sat down at table. Grandson hoisted deer, GW drove up and barged into cabin.
It was bang-bang. Attitude was rampant, A hole is an A hole.

So, you shoot a deer, go back to cabin, send grand son to get it while you stay at cabin. Had you gone with him, you could have tagged it before it was brought back to camp. Grand son would have had some explaining to do had he been stopped before he made it back. I'd consider the "attitude" a fair trade for the fine you didn't have to pay.

My SIL is wanting to be a GW. He went on a ride along last weekend. After a 15 hour day they were about to wrap it up and got a call that some people were stranded out on the lake. Back to the boat barn hook up, head out to the lake and tow them in. In the middle of towing the people in, they got a call about a wounded deer. Get the people to the ramp, back to the boat barn and then out to dispatch the wounded animal. Anyway it ended up being an 18 hour day before it was over with. Some LEOs do get attitude and I don't like it either but for the most part they are just doing their job. They don't make the laws (like tag your deer and fill out your log before you do anything else) but they are sworn to enforce them as well as rescue people from all manor of stupid, find drowning victims, boarder patrol, traffic, never get to hunt on any opening day, etc... while being paid a very average salary. Having said all of that the family member that already is a GW loves the job and would not trade it! I say if a LEO has a little attitude on occasion, give them the benefit of the doubt, it might have been a long day.

I think there are a few issues here - and both sides did something they shouldn't have done. Obviously, the deer should have been tagged before it was moved (even if it is a stupid rule) - however, the GW did just give a warning and not a ticket so that was cool (even if he was rude about it - which is uncalled for). What concerns me most in the description of what happened though is that a GW entered into someone's home without permission and without a warrant - that's not okay if that occurred and it's a dumb thing for ANYONE to do.

So it seems to me that both parties did something wrong. On the positive side the situation ended peacefully without anyone getting hurt or ticketed.

Probable cause with an untagged animal out front? I still would have knocked, but that's just me.

Probable cause is what you need to get a warrant :P It would be different if it was a situation like the GW was giving chase (i.e. the man was running from the GW and ducked in the home). If I dump a deer in the street in my neighborhood, that doesn't mean LEOs can barge into everyone's home in my neighborhood

Trust me, I understand that LEOs and GWs have a job to do and I'm a big supporter of both. But as LEOs and GWs, they are held to a very high standard - for good reason. More than anyone, they can't step over the line because the public has to have faith that they will operate within the law.

But what if they are a really nice guy? Then you don’t mind having your 4th Amendment rights violated, eh?

I’d love to hear the other side of the story

I’d love to hear the other side of the story [/quote

Me too. I smell BS.

X3

They’re not held to any standard by some. Some people are sheep.

And some of us girls are still here as well. Nice to see you back Mike.

Back on topic. Carry on gents.

And, to think, I've never been engaged by one. Not once.

I've hunted 12 years in Texas now, and been checked by a GW 2 times. 3 days apart by the same guy on the same lake duck hunting 3 years ago.

The first time he flew up to my truck in the parking area as I was walking up and blocked me in, was super gruff, found everything in order and was gone in 5 minutes.

3 days later he was chatty cathy, talked about how we did, where we shot the ducks at, gave a couple spots to try. Polar opposite experiences.

I guess you always have to be on some sort of edge in that job, pretty hard when you are confronting people usually with firearms and looking for and possible infractions.

Yeah I've personally never had a negative experience with a GW or LEO. I mean, I've only had one ticket in my entire life and that was like 24 years ago maybe? Ohh no, nm...make that two tickets, I got issued a ticket by a LEO in San Diego for drinking a beer on the beach about 12 years ago (okay that guy was kind of an [censored] now that I think about it LOL). But really most LEOs and GWs are good people and I can't say I've had any negative experiences like what was mentioned in this thread.

Park Ranger in Colorado, Texas Game Warden in Plains TX, and Sanderson, TX. Every time I was open carrying a 1911, and holding a rifle. I asked if they needed to see anything, and the answer was no. Then they asked how the hunting was going. That run could change this year, but thus far, there have been no bad encounters.

Me either, in 30 years of hunting/fishing this state. I’ve talked to one at a gas station once last year. Both of us agreed it was way to cold to be hunting that day (24 degrees around noon). Maybe on the water they knew I wasn’t catching anything.....used to see them and they would just wave and keep going.

I was on a lease once with a game warden. I used to come into camp with my deer untagged just to agitate him. I had my tags already notched and filled out and the log done. I just wouldn't hang the tag on the deer until I got back to camp. Never could get under his skin though, so I gave up trying.